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  • Acadian Culture Day 2024

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    Bayou Vermilion 300 Fisher Road, Lafayette, United States

    The community is invited to join the Bayou Vermilion District’s Vermilionville to celebrate our annual Acadian Culture Day on Sunday, August 11th from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.  Join us for a family-friendly day of live music, great food, art, cooking, storytelling, spinning and weaving, arts and crafts, and other demonstrations. Here are some of the highlights you can expect: Quilting & Spinning Dance Lessons The storytelling of Cajun music Basket weaving Coton Jaune documentary Boucherie: An Edible Spectacle documentary The Tintamarre Parade Cooking Demonstrations Local Artist Demonstrations The Acadian Cultural Preservation Award Live Cajun Music all day the art of Cayla Zeek of Mattea Studio Food and beverage available for purchase.  Admission is free.  For more information about Acadian Culture Day call (337) 233-4077.

  • Healing Traditions in Acadiana

    Bayou Vermilion 300 Fisher Road, Lafayette, United States

    Calling all history buffs and plant lovers -- learn about the plant life at Vermilionville, A-Z, with Vermilionville Heritage Gardener, Mike Fowler. He'll talk about all the native & historical plants on the property, alphabetically speaking.

  • Beginning Birding with Brady

    Vermilionville - Performance Center

    Bayou Vermilion District presents Beginning Birding with Brady, February 15 at 10 AM. Our resident birder Brady McKellar will lead this session, designed to introduce interested people to birding. (No experience necessary!) Learn about the Great Backyard Bird Count, the basics of bird identification, apps that are helpful for bird identification and more.There will be a birding walk from Vermilionville to Beaver Park and back, where you may see Eastern Bluebirds, Crows, Northern Cardinals, Chickadees, Redwing Blackbirds, Great Egrets, Anhingas and more species in our area.Please bring your binoculars if you have them, (BVD will have a few extras to share) wear comfy shoes, sunscreen and a hat if you'd like. The session is $10, which includes a self-guided tour of our historic village.

  • Healing Traditions of Acadiana — From Prayers to Plants: how plant remedies are used in traitement

    Vermilionville - Performance Center

    Dr. Dana David Gravot highlights a local understanding of traitement, or treatment as it is called in English, a healing tradition specific to Francophone Louisiana. After the Acadian resettlement in Louisiana—a Spanish colony at the time—the Cajuns developed a unique, blended culture in response to both a physical environment (which included swamps, bayous, marshes, and prairies) and a social environment that mixed continental and Caribbean French peoples, Germans, Spaniards, Indigenous peoples, and African and Anglo-Americans. Sharing the need for medical attention, the practice of traitement—and the importance of traiteurs—was born. The presentation will highlight uses of local plants to address illnesses.

  • Acadian Culture Day 2025

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    Bayou Vermilion 300 Fisher Road, Lafayette, United States

    The community is invited to join the Bayou Vermilion District’s Vermilionville to celebrate our annual FREE Festival, Acadian Culture Day on Sunday, August 10th from 10 AM – 5 PM. Join us for a family-friendly day of live music, great food, art, cooking, storytelling, spinning and weaving, arts and crafts, and other demonstrations. IN THE VILLAGE: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM The art of Kali Picard Wood running and musket demonstration (hourly)with Bob Borel Cajun music storytelling and play along with Kevin Rees The art of Roz LeCompte Healing Garden Tours with The Lafayette Master Gardeners A Traiteur’s Traditions with Becca Begnaud History’s Fun & Games with Marlene Doucet Broussard House Tours with Jay Steiner 11:00 – 3:00 Family Crafts in the Chapel IN THE PERFORMANCE CENTER: 10 AM Cajun Jam 10:30 AM Tintamarre! 11 AM Cameron Fontenot & the Rhythm Aces 1:30 PM Acadian Cultural Heritage Award 2 PM Bonsoir Catin CRAFT & COOKING DEMOS IN THE COOKING SCHOOL: 11:30 Traditional Soap Making with Mimi Delgizzi 1:00 A Season for Pastries with Poupart’s Bakery 3:00 a Cajun-themed Cocktail with Tait Martin of Wildcat Brothers Food and beverage available for purchase. NOTE: No outside vendors needed. Admission is free.

  • Hands-On Beignet Making December 7 1 PM

    Vermilionville 300 Fisher Road, Lafayette, LA, United States

    This Christmas, don't do the same ol' cookie decorating -- join us for Hands-on Beignet Making, this Sunday, December 7, 1:00 PM! Food historian and beignet-maker supreme, Jay Steiner, will lead you in the history and the process -- and you'll have a variety of toppings to choose from to bling up your beignets! Students age 5 and older, $16, including demo and tour of our historic village; Adults 18+ $20 including demo and village tour. Join us! Register here: https://forms.gle/jAaabXBAqueogfXo8

  • Hands-On Beignet Making December 7 2 PM

    Vermilionville 300 Fisher Road, Lafayette, LA, United States

    This Christmas, don't do the same ol' cookie decorating -- join us for Hands-on Beignet Making, this Sunday, December 7, 2:00 PM! Food historian and beignet-maker supreme, Jay Steiner, will lead you in the history and the process -- and you'll have a variety of toppings to choose from to bling up your beignets! Students age 5 and older, $16, including demo and tour of our historic village; Adults 18+ $20 including demo and village tour. Join us! Register here: https://forms.gle/jAaabXBAqueogfXo8

  • Hands-On Beignet Making February 22 2 PM

    Vermilionville 300 Fisher Road, Lafayette, LA, United States

    Join us for Hands-on Beignet Making, Sunday, February 22, 2:00 PM! Food historian and beignet-maker supreme, Jay Steiner, will lead you in the history and the process -- and you'll have a variety of toppings to choose from to bling up your beignets! Students age 7 and older, $17, including demo and tour of our historic village; Adults 18+ $22 including demo and village tour. Join us! Tickets available below.

    $17.00 – $22.00

  • Hands-On Beignet Making March 10 2 PM

    Vermilionville 300 Fisher Road, Lafayette, LA, United States

    Join us for Hands-on Beignet Making, Tuesday, March 10, 2:00 PM! Food historian and beignet-maker supreme, Jay Steiner, will lead you in the history and the process -- and you'll have a variety of toppings to choose from to bling up your beignets! Students age 7 and older, $17, including demo and tour of our historic village; Adults 18+ $22 including demo and village tour. Join us! Tickets available below.

  • Beignet Demo March 15 2:30 PM

    Vermilionville 300 Fisher Road, Lafayette, LA, United States

    Join us for a Beignet Demo Sunday, March 15, 2:30 PM! Food historian and beignet-maker supreme, Jay Steiner, will lead you in the history and the process Students age 5 and older, $12, including demo and tour of our historic village; Adults 18+ $17 including demo and village tour. Join us! Tickets available below.